In what season are there the most cockroaches? What are you most afraid of?

It is most common in summer and is most afraid of spiders, scorpions, centipedes, ants, toads, lizards, geckos, etc.

The activity and reproduction of cockroaches, like other insects, are affected by temperature. Under normal circumstances, the seasonal ebb and flow of cockroaches is the change in the number of populations or communities due to changes in temperature. Cockroaches can carry disease-causing bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi and eggs of parasitic helminths, and can serve as intermediate hosts for a variety of helminths.

Cockroaches can carry a variety of pathogenic bacteria that cause food poisoning. In addition to the above-mentioned Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli, there are also Clostridium perfringens and Streptococcus faecalis.

The natural enemies of cockroaches are spiders, scorpions, centipedes, ants, toads, lizards, geckos, etc. There is a bird species with the common name Cucarachero (scientific name Troglodytes audax) that also preys on cockroaches. In addition, cats, monkeys and rats also prey on cockroaches and are their natural enemies. Biological control is the most effective way to get rid of cockroaches.

Preventive and control measures

1. Always keep hidden places clean. To find the source of insects, you can suddenly turn on the lights at night when cockroaches are active, observe where the cockroaches are and where they are moving, find their hiding place and then eliminate them.

2. For concealed places, Cosway can be used in places where cockroaches often come and go.

3. Apply paper reinforcement and lime (500 grams of paper reinforcement plus 50 kilograms of lime, and then add water) paint to all gaps to plug the gaps.

4. If there are too many cockroaches in warehouses, factories or indoors and the damage is serious, they can be fumigated with sulfur or aluminum phosphide.

For the above content, please refer to Baidu Encyclopedia - Cockroach